From the readers: Interviews

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September 2009
It's tea time!
(Australia) Atra Ardekani compares tea time in Tokyo and Tehran
September 2009
Cultural Comparison: Iran and Japan
(Australia) A glimpse into two very different yet somehow similar cultures
July 2008
Playing around (dramatically!) in Ibaraki
(United States) Our Web Editor interviews himself
September 2007
Mito UNESCO Association
(Japan) An interview with the Association's representative, from Ibaraki University
An exclusive interview with Maki Yōichi
(Japan) The legendary Mito painter of French landscape and culture tells his story
January 2007
Calligrapher knows where to draw the line
(Japan) Introduction of an accomplished calligrapher from the International Affairs Division
October 2006
Tesfaye Gelaye throws pots, helps his native Ethiopia
(Ethiopia) A visual artist working in Kasama
Internationalization equals entertainment!
(Malaysia) Interview with the winner of a Japanese Speech Contest
March 2006
The other Tom Watson
(Australia) But golfing all the same
January 2006
Pop quiz
How are you surviving the Japanese winter?
Foreigners group to address life issues
(United States) Tod Tollefson tells about his experiences
Aurélien Baron
(France) Our crazy editor interviews himself!
December 2005
Living in Japan
(Argentina) Maria Lourdes Velazquez, an exchange student from Argentina, tells us about her life in Ibaraki
From the country to a crowded Ibaraki?
(United States) Max Homerding, an ALT in Hitachinaka, tells us his background
Japan in lederhosen
(Germany) Moriya City and Mainburg, Germany
December 2004
Putting down roots in Ibaraki
(Canada) Misha Beline talks about life as a JET in Itako